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The Light Sensitivity Podcast

The Light Sensitivity Podcast

Written by: Stephanie Logan
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This series of podcasts is recorded from the Scottish Photobiology Service (SPS) in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, and looks into light sensitivity skin conditions (also known as photosensitivity or sun allergy), which are a range of conditions involving various symptoms which are caused or aggravated by exposure to sunlight.


There are seven episodes in total and each episode includes an in-depth discussion with Mr Rodney Mountain, Prof Sally Ibbotson and a patient from the SPS, who is diagnosed with one of these conditions.


The conditions covered in this series are: Chronic Actinic Dermatitis; Solar Urticaria; Polymorphic Light Eruption; Photoaggravated Seborrhoeic Dermatitis and Erythropoietic Protoporphyria.


If you would like to learn more about any of these conditions, or photosensitivity in general, then you will find this series a fascinating listen!

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Stephanie Logan Hygiene & Healthy Living Science
Episodes
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    14 mins
  • Episode Seven- Clare

    Episode Seven- Clare
    Sep 25 2023

    What do you know about light sensitivity skin conditions?  


    Also known as photosensitivity or sun allergy, this range of conditions involves various symptoms which are caused or aggravated by exposure to sunlight. 


    Join Rodney Mountain in a fascinating discussion with Clare, who has a diagnosis of Erythropoietic Protoporphria (EPP), and Prof Sally Ibbotson, Head of the Scottish Photobiology Service (SPS) at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, as they delve deeper into the clinical, social and psychological aspects of this condition.  


    This is the sixth of seven episodes in the SPS’s light sensitivity podcast series. Each episode contains powerful stories of what it is like to live with one of these conditions and ways in which they can be managed. Whether you or someone you know has, or thinks they may have, light sensitivity, or you just have a curiosity for medicine and love to hear people’s stories, this series is for you! 


     

    For more information on photosensitivity, please visit the Photobiology Unit, Dundee website:  

    http://www.photobiology.scot.nhs.uk   

     

    Since this recording, there now is a patient-led support group who welcomes anyone who has been diagnosed with photosensitivity, is over the age of eighteen and lives in Scotland. If you would like to join or find out more information please email: palscafe@hotmail.com  


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    34 mins
  • Episode Six- Ryan

    Episode Six- Ryan
    Sep 25 2023

    What do you know about light sensitivity skin conditions?  


    Also known as photosensitivity or sun allergy, this range of conditions involves various symptoms which are caused or aggravated by exposure to sunlight. 


    Join Rodney Mountain in a fascinating discussion with Ryan, who has a diagnosis of Solar Urticaria, and Prof Sally Ibbotson, Head of the Scottish Photobiology Service (SPS) at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, as they delve deeper into the clinical, social and psychological aspects of this condition.  


    This is the sixth of seven episodes in the SPS’s light sensitivity podcast series. Each episode contains powerful stories of what it is like to live with one of these conditions and ways in which they can be managed. Whether you or someone you know has, or thinks they may have, light sensitivity, or you just have a curiosity for medicine and love to hear people’s stories, this series is for you! 

     

     

    For more information on photosensitivity, please visit the Photobiology Unit, Dundee website:  

    http://www.photobiology.scot.nhs.uk   

     

    Since this recording, there now is a patient-led support group who welcomes anyone who has been diagnosed with photosensitivity, is over the age of eighteen and lives in Scotland. If you would like to join or find out more information please email: palscafe@hotmail.com  


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    46 mins
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